Thomas M. Loftus

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas M. Loftus is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas M. Loftus has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Thomas M. Loftus's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (5 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (5 papers). Thomas M. Loftus is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (5 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (5 papers). Thomas M. Loftus collaborates with scholars based in United States and Poland. Thomas M. Loftus's co-authors include M. Daniel Lane, Francis P. Kuhajda, Gabriele V. Ronnett, Craig A. Townsend, Susanne Mandrup, Cheng-Shine Hwang, Lee McAlister-Henn, Ormond A. MacDougald, Eric J. Stanbridge and Yen Nguyen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Thomas M. Loftus

14 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Reduced Food Intake and Body Weight in Mice Treated with ... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Reduced Food Intake and Body Weight in Mice Treated with Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitors
    2000 789 citations Thomas M. Loftus, Craig A. Townsend et al. Science profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas M. Loftus United States 12 811 538 373 311 214 14 1.5k
Wataru Motomura Japan 19 905 1.1× 293 0.5× 292 0.8× 365 1.2× 338 1.6× 27 1.8k
Feifan Guo China 29 1.2k 1.4× 654 1.2× 278 0.7× 488 1.6× 361 1.7× 53 2.4k
Yacir Benomar France 17 504 0.6× 416 0.8× 389 1.0× 375 1.2× 155 0.7× 29 1.3k
Jean Girard France 19 673 0.8× 343 0.6× 93 0.2× 156 0.5× 85 0.4× 53 1.4k
Kathy Jaworski United States 8 557 0.7× 767 1.4× 82 0.2× 393 1.3× 108 0.5× 9 1.6k
Eun‐Gyoung Hong South Korea 16 771 1.0× 508 0.9× 121 0.3× 443 1.4× 107 0.5× 33 1.8k
Laurent Parry France 20 1.1k 1.4× 366 0.7× 85 0.2× 686 2.2× 135 0.6× 36 2.2k
Terence T. Yen United States 22 449 0.6× 405 0.8× 349 0.9× 137 0.4× 40 0.2× 48 1.4k
Kristin A. Gerhold United States 6 539 0.7× 587 1.1× 62 0.2× 269 0.9× 71 0.3× 6 1.6k
Hyeog Kang United States 17 1.1k 1.4× 592 1.1× 173 0.5× 357 1.1× 122 0.6× 27 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas M. Loftus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas M. Loftus

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Loftus, Thomas M., et al.. (2000). Reduced Food Intake and Body Weight in Mice Treated with Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitors. Science. 288(5475). 2379–2381. 789 indexed citations breakdown →
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Loftus, Thomas M.. (1999). An adipocyte-central nervous system regulatory loop in the control of adipose homeostasis. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10(1). 11–18. 35 indexed citations
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Loftus, Thomas M.. (1999). Introduction: Fat metabolism and adipose homeostasis. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10(1). 1–2. 5 indexed citations
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Minard, Karyl I., et al.. (1998). Sources of NADPH and Expression of Mammalian NADP+-specific Isocitrate Dehydrogenases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(47). 31486–31493. 66 indexed citations
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Loftus, Thomas M., Francis P. Kuhajda, & M. Daniel Lane. (1998). Insulin depletion leads to adipose-specific cell death in obese but not lean mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(24). 14168–14172. 31 indexed citations
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Loftus, Thomas M. & M. Daniel Lane. (1997). Modulating the transcriptional control of adipogenesis. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 7(5). 603–608. 72 indexed citations
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Loftus, Thomas M., et al.. (1997). The Isolation, Localization and Characterization of the QM Homolog inDrosophila melanogaster. DNA sequence. 7(6). 337–347. 13 indexed citations
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Loftus, Thomas M., David Maggs, & M. Daniel Lane. (1997). The adipose tissue/central nervous system axis. Diabetologia. 40(S3). B16–B20. 4 indexed citations
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Mandrup, Susanne, Thomas M. Loftus, Ormond A. MacDougald, Francis P. Kuhajda, & M. Daniel Lane. (1997). Obese gene expression at in vivo levels by fat pads derived from s.c. implanted 3T3-F442A preadipocytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(9). 4300–4305. 121 indexed citations
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Loftus, Thomas M., Yen Nguyen, & Eric J. Stanbridge. (1997). The QM Protein Associates with Ribosomes in the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum. Biochemistry. 36(27). 8224–8230. 44 indexed citations
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Hwang, Cheng-Shine, Thomas M. Loftus, Susanne Mandrup, & M. Daniel Lane. (1997). ADIPOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION AND LEPTIN EXPRESSION. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 13(1). 231–259. 210 indexed citations
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Stanbridge, E., Alea A. Mills, Thomas M. Loftus, et al.. (1994). Molecular Characterization of QM, a Novel Gene with Properties Consistent with Tumor Suppressor Function. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 59(0). 573–576. 12 indexed citations
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Loftus, Thomas M., et al.. (1994). Isolation, Characterization, and Disruption of the Yeast Gene Encoding Cytosolic NADP-Specific Isocitrate Dehydrogenase. Biochemistry. 33(32). 9661–9667. 56 indexed citations
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Farmer, Andrew, Thomas M. Loftus, Alea A. Mills, et al.. (1994). Extreme evolutionary conservation of QM, a novel c-Jun associated transcription factor. Human Molecular Genetics. 3(5). 723–728. 48 indexed citations

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